The American Anti-Imperialist League called the war in the Philippines a “war against liberty” and further said that it was “disloyalty to the distinctive principles of our Government.” Are these characterization accurate? Why or why not?

In this reading packet, you will see documents from a wide range of sources, including the American Anti-Imperialism League, Alfred Thayer Mahan’s The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, and Albert J. Beveridge’s In Support of an American Empire. These documents reveal many of the impulses behind the creaticixon of an American empire.

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